Huntsville gazette., 1887-10-08
NEWS IN BRIEF.
CsupiIed from varisas SosrceA
,rRsoNAL AND POLITICAL

rnopE DE KUPER, a Bulgarian by
~, and strong Roman Catholic, has
pn.-' oIocted Lord Mayor of London.
Oegn = estimated on one-fourth returns
.bo state that prohibition was de-
t.o+ad to in Tennessee, at the election on
.pa' .Sa S9tb. by from 10000 to 10000 majority.
'uo EwAY hae paper in the
,.eut,try l. Try of Russia's
A'.uait;no influences Asia, which it is
c,T .i,,-Tbt will operst> detr ntai is tcais
np1aritv 'ayp5 in British Government circles.
PVPa-nRY PePrnnrTaRY FAIRCHILD was at the
oH -,'ry Department on the Doth, and had
llea9 aonfersnce with Acting Secretary
a, Conso .unson and later attended the Cabinet
lnonip .ipr Mr.. Fairchild resumed active
m0e'a,o ot the Treasury Department on
the Goth.
IN +ho socialistic nomination for Sec
ea.ar1, 70, of State, on the ground of i'll health
Ie.l- J necessity Of mending his private
Ears co. which he says have been ruined
during his devotion to the cause OF labor
C,RDryAL GIBBONS arrived in st. Paul
q, tbe 29th. Carriages were taken at the
donot for Bishop Ireland's residence,
where an informal reception was held.
Mps CoLToN, widow of General ID. ID.
Cotton. in an interview at San Francisco
IN tho Doth. denied the statement made q
few davs ago by C. P. Huntington before
tba Pacific Railroad Commission in New
York in regard to the letter written by
him to her late husband. She accuses Mr..
Huntington of falsehood in saying the
letters we're stolen from the safe, and that
thew we're afterwards offered for sale by
her agents.
The President and party started on their
Western trip on the 30th
COLONEL VIM. r. MORRISON, of Illinois,
has been allowed twelve dollars q month
pension as a Mexican war veteran.
AYoUB KHAN, having failed to incite in
surrection at Herat, is marching toward
Candahar.
GENERAL CRooK's official report to the
War Department on the recent Ute
troubles in Colorado is strongly condem-
natory of the whites.
THE Michigan delegation, both Of G. A.
r. veterans, as we'll as the Woman's Re-
lief Corps, are highly elated, as they have
cause to be, over the honor conferred upon
the State in the choice OF Mrs. Emma S.
Hampton, of Detroit, as the National presi'
dent
SECRETARY LAMAR has decided that g
grant attaches to the Northern Pacific
from near Portland, Ore, to near Puget
Sound, distance of about 140 miles.
This reverses decision OF Commissioner
Sparks.
THE board appointed by Secretary
Whitney to report upon the pneumatic
gun carriages and other devices has rec
commended that the pneumatic system b
applied to the monitor Terror, and tina
the Government purchase one of the gun
carriages if necessary.
THE Interests Commerce COmmissi ion
has submitted to the Secretary Of the In
terror its estimates for the next fiscal year.
They are as follows: Salaries Of commits
sloners, S37, ,009; salary of secretary, So 800;
all other necessary expenses, $3.50, 800: to-
tai $2)000). The present appropriation
SSlVV,0Vo. -
THAToR SAHIB, Of Morva, EN- Indian
prince, who has been looking over the
United States and Canada, arrived in
Cleveland on the 3)th. He visited Gar
heid,s tomba the rolling mills in the iron
ward and then left for Saratoga. He
travels in the late ". H. Vanderbilt's pri-
vate car.
PRESIDENT AND Mrs. CLEVELAND and
Yarty arrived in st. Louis at mfdnight on
'-e ISL, and were received in the most en-.
AuSlaStle manner by the thousands who
uao gathered along Washington avenue.
Trough winch the party drove to the resi-.
H9nce OF Mayor Francis The avenue was
beautifully Illuminated in their honor. On
ule "a the distinguished couple attended
Church. - :
'EcRETARY BALFoUR seems determined
y co'npietely muzzie the Irish National
ist press
nlNNS' the English public executioner,
= coming money by giving exhibitions of
9i0 executions on the stages of theaters
n.ousnout the country. He uses wax
an~ lis ana ms show is accompanied by
Ing. :" ? --''i7
= HoN' JAMES G. BLAINE arrived in Lyons,
p.-' .".Ve' on the Both, and left on the 1st for
u. ~'lS' "nere he expected to be joined by
'os'iS; Hale, Garrett and other gentle
~ lie will next visit Berlin.
,,t thA resident and party were given an
4enuSiastlc reception during their stay of
.V" nourS at Indianapolis, Ind, on the
~ an enthusiastic drummer presented
watch. WIN :" ""'0-
q, 1gN' ~, THOMAS A. ARMSTRONG. proprietor
p..I 'Ie National Labor Tribune, died at
bssouf5h, Pa, on the evening of the 1st,
YH .he effects Of a wound received in
u the battles of the war.
MI. .0Ehr hAMm, the oarsman, broke one
.,.. ~ arms on the 1st while practicing on
D. EsSIDENr SPALDING of the Chicago
CLfe Dali Club has refused the use of the
eb.sso grounds for one of the worlds
ana Ip'ohsnlp games between st. Louis
Iva :. ARkER, of England, who is to de-
BAsot Vle eulogy on the late Henry Ward
Brooiter' preached at Plymouth Church,
o0A'yn, on the I'd.
w1to wT1GsIoS CoRBErr, who killed John
" 'S ;nS booth, has been declared hopeless
yas Iaue' and has been sent to the Kan
''S insane Asylum.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
mu,1a. LAWSON, accused of attempted
last snr;a anu robbing in Rails County, Mo-,
Mont was arrested at Deer Lodge,
to, bool VA eae 2lth. A warrant of extradi-
tba Ta es oeen issued bv the Governor OF
territory ana q, IN :,